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Lim Yoong Kang

Personal blog · yoongkang.com/blogprogrammingwriting

Lim Yoong Kang's personal blog at yoongkang.com covers programming and writing. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Filling in PDF forms with Python (2018)”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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5mentions?
4HN people?
2020–2020first – last linked?

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Commenters link Lim Yoong Kang's site in job-seeking posts and as a related post on working with PDF forms in Python. The comments do not discuss the writing itself.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Filling in PDF forms with Python (2018)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-02-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. Location: Sydney, AU Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python/Django, AWS, Node.js, React Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoong-kang-lim/ Email: yoongkanglim.work@gmail.com Website: https://yoongkang.com ---- Backend/fullstack dev. 7 years experience.

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)”
  2. Submitted Filling in PDF forms with Python (2018) as a story · 73 points

    HN discussion
  3. SEEKING WORK - Remote/Sydney AU Fullstack/backend developer with experience in Python/Django, React, AWS. 7 years exp. Location: Sydney, AU Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python/Django, AWS, Node.js, React Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoong-kang-lim/ Email: yoongkanglim.work@gmail.com Website: https://yoongkang.com

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2020)”
  4. Submitted Tutorials Suck (2019) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Other related post https://yoongkang.com/blog/pdf-forms-with-python/

    Comment linking /blog/pdf-forms-with-python/

    on “The Nightmare of PDF Forms”

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